Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game

Chapter 47: Chapter 50: The Great Ore Lizard_1 Chapter 47: Chapter 50: The Great Ore Lizard_1 “The next morning.

Lin Xun was woken up by the enticing aroma of food.

In the kitchen, the girl in white was busy cooking in her apron. Seeing him awake, she urged him to freshen up for breakfast.

Lin Xun was surprised at the girl’s impressive culinary skills despite her young age, the smell alone made his mouth water.

This task had the beauty acting as both a bodyguard and a nanny. If it weren’t for the expected arrival of members from the New World organization, Lin Xun would think he was on vacation.

After a delicious breakfast, Lin Xun went to the courtyard for his morning exercise.

Lifting his head, he found his clothes hanging from a pole in the yard, which he had taken off and left in the bathroom the night before. Before he could wash them, Lu Caiyi had done it for him.

“Holy smokes, isn’t this too perfect? It feels like we’re living together like a married couple.”

Lin Xun shook his head to shake off this absurd thought.

Right, Lu Caiyi must be trying to make him drunk on this pampering, so he would eventually surrender to her faction.

But Lin Xun always remembered the task given to him by the lady boss in black silk, and he wouldn’t allow himself to reap nothing for his efforts.

If he ends up not recruiting Lu Caiyi and instead becomes a traitor, that would be terrible.

Seeing how nice his female boss was treating him, Lin Xun decided to hold the line and diligently complete the task assigned by the organization.

He jogged around the courtyard for an hour as his morning exercise.

After observing for a few days, he found that after his talent had improved, the enhancement of his physical fitness was immense.

If he were to participate in Olympic weightlifting or track and field events now, he could easily break various world records and reach an astonishing height.

This was just the effect after upgrading his talent twice…

Lin Xun took out his phone. It was nearly ten o’clock in the morning.

His soul strength in the game had recovered around ten o’clock the night before. At that time, he had reshaped the Shell of the engineer and then exited the game.

Now, he just needs to reshape the Shell of the Yellow Bishop, and he could explore the ‘Forgotten Afterglow Abyss’.

Returning to the living room, he began his training.

Book of Salvation, activate!

[A weak Wandering Soul awakens in the familiar sewer tunnel…]

Sacrificing 1 point of soul strength to reshape the Shell of the Yellow Bishop, Lin Xun then possessed the Law Knight and made his way to the end of the sewer.

[You arrive at the end of the bottom of the sewer, looking down, beneath you is a pitch-black, endless abyss.]

[The chilling wind that whips up from the abyss, like the roar of a demon from the earth’s core, makes you teeter on the brink. As if with a slight misstep, you will fall and plunge into eternal oblivion.]

[Do you want to jump into the abyss?]

The ancient elevator was still stuck in the middle of the abyss. The only option displayed in front of him was to jump.

Lin Xun opened his inventory and, following the regular process, used an item.

[You used ‘Essence of Black Giant Worm’s Glandular Slime’].

[You obtained the life trait of the ‘Black Giant Worm’, which will allow you to have brief autonomy after death. Should you sustain damage again, the trait will disappear.]

After successfully gaining the feigned death BUFF, Lin Xun clicked to jump.

[You leap into the dark abyss…]

It felt like half a century had passed before the game text continued to display.

[You died!]

[The life trait of ‘Black Giant Worm’ allows you to struggle to stand up.]

[Dim, blood-red light pours down. You are at the bottom of the abyss, your feet on a road paved with white bones, and on either side are cliffs that you cannot see the top of.]

[You look into the distance, at the end of the cliffs in front of you is a dark red skyline, the blood-red sunset is ever-lasting and rests atop a distant mountain.]

[Do you want to follow the ‘Blood Sun’ and move forward?]

I am already at the bottom of the earth, where did this Blood Sun come from?!

But now it was past ten in the morning, how could the Blood Sun turn into a sunset?

As he gazed upon the blood-red sunset described in the text, he could not help but scoff.

Sticking to his initial plan, Lin Xun presses “No”.

Just last night, Lin Xun had spent 1 point of soul strength to reform the Engineer’s shell.

Now it seems that this 1 point of soul strength was wasted as a non-Blood Sun faction’s shell would take a direct hit when exposed under the Blood Sun.

On this map, perhaps he could only possess an engineer shell at night.

He transfers his possession directly from the Law Knight’s shell to the Yellow Bishop’s shell.

[You have possessed the ‘Shell of the Yellow Bishop of the Fallen Church of the White Moon.’]

Seeing no anomalous text being displayed, Lin Xun knew his card BUG plan was successful!

After taking over the Yellow Bishop, he was no longer restrained by time.

Rather than charging forward recklessly, Lin Xun carefully explores, taking care not to be tricked to death by this treacherous game which would cause him to return to the sewer and miss out on the rewards of the Hidden Map.

[Do you want to follow the ‘Blood Red Sunset’ forward?]

After choosing “No”, the game text did not present exploration options, indicating that the only possibility was to move forward.

Lin Xun quietly pondered where this blood-red sunset sprung forth from.

Logically speaking, such a phenomenon would be impossible underground.

Could it be due to the special nature of this location being exposed to the Profane Blood Sun, or perhaps… this blood-red sunset was just a doppelgänger or false sun.

The Hidden Map itself was called the “Forgotten Afterglow Abyss”, and he looked closely at the text description again — [The Blood Red Sunset perpetually hangs over the mountaintop].

Lin Xun drew a conclusion.

Here, the Blood Sun might always stay in the state of sunset.

“If I had known, I would have let the Engineer jump off the building. The death of the Law Knight was a bit of a waste…”

But it didn’t matter. His main shell now was the Yellow Bishop, and getting experience for the Mage whilst killing monsters aligned with his intentions.

He pressed forward.

[You follow the afterglow of the ‘Blood Red Sunset’…]

[You notice a strange white lizard scurrying amongst the pile of bones beneath your feet. Something sparkling seemed to be embedded on its back.]

[Do you want to attack it?]

The large shaking of the game text’s font revealed the time-limited nature of the decision to Lin Xun, a veteran Apostle.

His eyes brightened, his first reaction being: The reward is here!

He quickly pressed “Yes”.

[You raise your ‘Thunder Dragon Staff Spear’, murmuring incantations…]

Damn it! At this critical moment, there’s still time for chants and casting spells? By the time he finishes, the reward would have long fled.

Lin Xun quickly opened the shell column and clicked on the ‘Thunder Dragon Scepter’.

[Impatient Apostle, you interrupt your spell casting and use the Staff Spear of the ‘Thunder Dragon Staff Spear’ to jab sharply downwards.]

[You have defeated the ‘Ore Giant Lizard’. Experience points have slightly increased.]

[You have obtained ‘Advanced Forging Stone’*1]

The middle-level Forging Stone that had dropped from the game previously was down to one. However, its quality was too low to enhance the epic weapon Lin Xun held.

Moreover, the blacksmith’s forging skill could only enhance weapons below epic level.

This Advanced Forging Stone could be used after returning to the Library, which was considered a decent reward.

Lin Xun knew this was only a small part of the Hidden Map’s generous rewards.

Anyway, after utilizing the card BUG, he could explore without time constraints and take his time.

[You continue to follow the afterglow of the ‘Blood Red Sunset’…]